Triton XX, Lot: 389. Estimate $2000. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy IV Philopator. 222-205/4 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 13.94 g, 12h). Askalon mint. Dated RY 4 (218 BC). Jugate draped busts right of Serapis and Isis / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, eagle, with closed wings, standing left, head right, on thunderbolt; filleted cornucopia over shoulder, AΣ to left, L Δ (date) to right. Svoronos 1188, pl. XXXVI, 16 (same dies); Landvatter 103 (O34/R92); SNG Copenhagen –; Boston MFA –; Noeske –; Sofaer 5 (same obv. die). VF, lightly toned, obverse struck off center and softly. Good metal. Very rare year 4 issue, only six known to Landvatter, none (of any date) in CoinArchives.

From the Dr. Patrick H. C. Tan Collection.

In Landvatter, the Sofaer coin is listed as being from the same reverse die as this coin, R92, but this is incorrect.